Comments on: Newspapers are dying, but the news is healthy

By: “Would You Like Fries With That?” « The Narrow Campus

“Would You Like Fries With That?” « The Narrow Campus — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:25:15 +0000

[...] will always be stories to tell. It’s just a matter of how they are told. True, more publications are moving online, and fewer [...]

By: Ayesha Aleem

Ayesha Aleem — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:19:11 +0000

The last few lines do make me feel better. It’s comforting to think of journalism as undergoing a transition rather than be at the risk of dying out altogether. It’s important to keep in mind that this kind of a change had happened to several other industries in the past and the remedy is usually in the vicinity of the problem.

By: Going paperless « The Narrow Campus

Going paperless « The Narrow Campus — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:27:56 +0000

[...] only a weekly magazine printed for subscribers. This is not a surprising move (as I discussed in my first post) but a potentially daunting one, as it is the first major newspaper to take this route. The editor [...]

By: Tom Fiedler

Tom Fiedler — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:31:06 +0000

Although the set-up to this piece was depressing to this ex-newspaperman, I couldn’t agree more with the conclusion. Journalism is not chained to the success of newsprint — nor to any other form of delivery. It is a process that brings integrity to the process of gathering and presenting news, information and informed commentary. Smart people will always value good journalism because it gives them an advantage over the less informed.